Amazon gets approval for NZ satellite broadband infrastructure

Amazon gets approval for NZ satellite broadband infrastructure
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has vision for expanding internet access through Project Kuiper. (Image: Getty)
John Anthony
Amazon has been given approval to install and operate telecommunications equipment on about 500 square metres of land in New Zealand to provide satellite broadband services to customers in New Zealand.An Overseas Investment Office decision dated July 3 said consent had been granted for Amazon subsidiary Amazon Kuiper New Zealand to buy a leasehold interest of up to 20 years in the land, at an undisclosed location.Amazon Kuiper New Zealand was established to carry out the NZ operations of an initiative to launch a constellation of satellites to...

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